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Richards filmed the expedition, the resulting film Cold [10] won the Grand Prize at the 2011 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. [ 11 ] For the Gasherbrum II ascent, the three members of the team were awarded the Polish Colossians Prize [ pl ] for 2010 in the category of mountaineering, [ 12 ] and Richards himself was also awarded the title ...
During the Second World War he worked for the resistance movement and the allied intelligence. Heen helped XU-agent Sven Sømme escape through a difficult mountain pass between Isfjorden and Eikesdalen. He also helped escaped Russian prisoners climb through the mountains to Valldal where locals protected the Russians until the end of the war. [8]
Brian Dickinson (born June 16, 1974) is a climber who soloed the summit of Mount Everest on May 15, 2011, [1] after his Sherpa mountain guide became ill and went back down to high camp (South Col, 26,000'). After taking some pictures and making a radio call, Brian began his descent, but within a few feet, he became snow blind. His vision did ...
Paul Ramsden (born 1969) is a British mountaineer and alpinist.He is internationally noted for his alpine climbing. [1] [5] [3] Ramsden was awarded the Piolet d'Or five times for alpine-style first ascents of extreme high-altitude routes in the Himalayas: [6] 2003, 2013 and 2016 with Mick Fowler (they were the first British winners of the award).
Chris Jones (November 24, 1939 – September 17, 2024) was a British–American rock climber, photographer, climbing historian, author, and alpinist.He is known for establishing difficult and influential alpine style climbing routes from 1965–1980 in the Andes and the Canadian Rockies.
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Martin Moran (19 February 1955 – 26 May 2019) was a British climber, mountain guide and author. In 1985, he became the first person to climb all the Munros (mountains in Scotland over 3000 ft (914.4m) in height) during a single winter excursion.